Who is Arthur Guiterman
Arthur Guiterman (; November 20, 1871 Vienna – January 11, 1943 New York) was an American writer best known for his humorous poems.Life and career
Guiterman was born of American parents in Vienna. His father was Alexander Gütermann, born in the Bavarian village Redwitz an der Rodach, and his mother was Louisa Wolf, born in Cincinnati. Arthur graduated from the City College of New York in 1891, and later was married in 1909 to Vida Lindo. He was an editor of the Woman's Home Companion and the Literary Digest. In 1910, he cofounded the Poetry Society of America, and later served as its president in 1925–26.An example of his humour is a poem that talks about modern progress, with rhyming couplets such as "First dentistry was painless;/Then bicycles were chainle...
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Arthur Guiterman Poems
- Strictly Germ-proof
The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup
Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up;
They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;
It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized. ... - Sketch From The Life, A
Its eyes are gray;
Its hair is either brown
Or black;
And, strange to say, ... - The Idol-maker Prays
Great god whom I shall carve from this gray stone
Wherein thou liest, hid to all but me,
Grant thou that when my art hath made thee known
And others bow, I shall not worship thee.... - In The Hospital
Because on the branch that is tapping my pane
A sun-wakened leaf-bud, uncurled,
Is bursting its rusty brown sheathing in twain,
I know there is Spring in the world....
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Kinolu3: "admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before." arthur guitermanJuwonray: find a way, not an excuse. never complain and never explain. "admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before" (arthur guiterman).
Juwonray: find a way, not an excuse. never complain and never explain. "admitting errors clears the scores and proves you wiser than before."- arthur guiterman
Macinniscarla: friends and philosophers! for we be all philosophers together, viewing this varied world and pondering its antic ways. [arthur guiterman]
G5wellness: admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before. - arthur guiterman
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